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Mongolia: Mongolia says to promote renewable energy development

2013/01/01

Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj said Monday that his country had rich renewable energy resources and would vigorously pursue development in this area.
Solar, wind and other renewable energy resources were very rich in Mongolia, Elbegdorj said at the opening of the Northeast Asia Renewable Energy Resources Cooperation Forum.

The resources were additional than enough to meet domestic request, so the country may export such products in the next, he added.
It was of great significance for Mongolia to do research on and develop renewable energy, he said, while inviting other nations to jointly develop solar and wind energy with Mongolia.
The Mongolian government planned to increase the share of renewable energy to between 20 % and 25 % of its total energy consumption by 2020.
The-day energy forum gathers delegates from China, South Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Russia, France, Britain, the Asian Development Bank and the International Energy Agency.

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